Inside The New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Photography on October 22 2015, by Matt Newman
Here’s a first look at our gargantuan record-breaker from North American grower Ron Wallace, a 2,230-lb. pumpkin from Rhode Island that you can see here now and throughout the next two weekends of our Giant Pumpkin Carving and display!
North America’s heaviest pumpkin in the Visitor Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 21 2015, by Matt Newman
The last of the giant pumpkins arrives at the Garden today, just in time for our Giant Pumpkin Carving Weekend and Día de los Muertos celebration beginning this Saturday. If you’ve never seen Ray Villafane and his crew of expert sculptors turn these monstrous fruits into works of spooky art, it’s not to be missed!
This year’s record-breaking pumpkin from the North American crop, weighing in at 2,230 pounds, is right here at the Garden—come check it out!
Giant pumpkins in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 20 2015, by Matt Newman
View the Haupt Conservatory through the lens of autumn. It’s not hard to find a vantage point nowadays.
The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 19 2015, by Matt Newman
Waterfall in the Thain Family Forest – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 16 2015, by Matt Newman
In the Perennial Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 13 2015, by Matt Newman
In the Native Plant Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 9 2015, by Matt Newman
Morning peeks into the hollows of the Rock Garden with a reticent sort of light. The collection’s currently on track to stay open until November 15 this season—longer if the weather behaves.
In the Rock Garden – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 8 2015, by Matt Newman
With the last of the whitewash removed, you can make out the silhouettes of thriving tropical trees beneath the glass of the Conservatory dome.
The Haupt Conservatory – Photo by Marlon Co
Posted in Photography on October 7 2015, by Matt Newman
The Greenmarket is a hub of color, muted and bright. And always delicious—though that should go without saying. Join us there every Wednesday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., through this November.
Kale, tomatoes, beets, now at the Greenmarket — Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen
Posted in Photography on October 6 2015, by Matt Newman
Frikart’s Aster wears the morning dew well in the Home Gardening Center.
Aster × frikartii ‘Monch’ in the Home Gardening Center – Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen